THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

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  • 1607 BCE

    Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
    Home country : England
    Sailed for : England and the Netherlands
    When: 1607-1611
    Achievements: Explored much of new England, the Hudson River, and Hudson Bay.
  • 1530 BCE

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier
    Home town : France
    Sailed for : France
    When: 1530-1540
    Achievements: Explored much of the Canadian coast and the St. Lawrence River.
  • 1520 BCE

    Giovanni Verazono

    Giovanni Verazono
    Home country : Italy
    Sailed for : France
    When : 1520s
    Achievements : First to sight new York and much of England and North Carolina
  • 1511 BCE

    Vasco Nunes de Balboa

    Vasco Nunes de Balboa
    home country :Spain
    Sailed for : Spain
    When : 1511-1513
    Achievements :first explorer to discover the pacific ocean and the isthmus of panama
  • 1504 BCE

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes
    Home Country : Spain
    Sailed for : Spain
    when : 1504-1530
    Achievements : Landed in mexico, conquered the Aztec Civilization.
  • 1504 BCE

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
    Home country : Spain
    Sailed for : Spain
    When : 1504-1541
    Achievements : Sailed to Peru, conquered the Inca civilization.
  • 1497 BCE

    John Cabot

    John Cabot
    Home country: Italy
    Sailed for :England
    When:1497-1498
    Achievements : First to land in the north america, claimed Newfoundland for England
  • 1497 BCE

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    Home Country : Italy
    Sailed for : Spain
    When:1497-1503
    Achievements : Maybe the first European to discover the amazon river; north ans south america named for him.
  • 1497 BCE

    Vasco Da Gama

    Vasco Da Gama
    Home country: Portugal
    Sailed for : Portugal
    When : 1497-1524
    Achievements : First to sail from European around Africa and India
  • 1492 BCE

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Home Country: Italy
    Sailed for:Spain
    When:1942-1504
    Achievements: First to land in the " new world"
  • 1350 BCE

    The Renaissance in Europe

    The Renaissance in Europe
    The age of discorvery
  • Period: 1350 BCE to 1750 BCE

    THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

  • 1504

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    Home country : Portugal
    Sailed for : Spain
    When : 1504-1530
    Achievements :First to cross the specific ocean led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.

  • Samuel De Champlian

    Samuel De Champlian
    Home country: France
    Sailed for: France
    When: 1600s-1610s Achievements :First European to discover lake Champlain ; Founded Quebec, in Canada.